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S. SGHEUER.

BUCKLE.

No. 339,699. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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SIMON SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No: 339,699. dated April 13,1386.

Application filed February 5, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON SGHEUER, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles for straps or waistbands; and it consists in the various elements of improvement hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top view of the buckle. Fig II is an end view of the same. Fig. III is a longitudinal section on line 2 3, Fig. I, and Fig. IV is a longitudinal section on line 4. 5, Fig. I, showing the tongue open.

A is the buckle-plate, to which a guard, B, is fastened, between which and the plate the end of the strap is passed, as hereinafter de scribed.

' a a are the tongues, embracing edge of plate A, and turning on a rod, Z), secured at its ends to the under side of the plate A. The tongues are connected together below the plate A by a bar, 0, having two surfaces, n m, at right angles to each other, against which a spring, (I, one end of which is secured to the under side of the plate A, is made to work.

Instead of connecting the tongues by a bar provided with two square surfaces, these tongues may he firmly attached to the rod b, and said rod provided with two fiat surfaces, at right angles to each other,against which the spring cl bears, said rod being in that case arranged to turn in bearings together with the tongues.

At the under side of the plate A, opposite to the tongues, a plate, D, is arranged, the end of which is bentaround arod w, attached to the under side of the plate A, capable of Serial No. 190,905. (No model.)

turning freely on said rod w, and provided with projecting prongs :0. One end of the strap or waistband is passed between the plate D and the buckle-plate A, and is, by the turning of the plate I), secured to the buckleplate A by the prongsx of the plate D penetrating the material. The other or free end of the strap is then attached to the tongues a a, which penetrate suitable holes made in said strap while these tongues are in the po sition shown in Fig. IV or open, after which the tongues are turned over and thus secure the strap or waistband. The spring d, acting against either the surface a or m, holds the tongues in the desired position. The ends of the tongues may be provided with plain or ornamental balls Z. The extreme end of the strap,a-fter the strap is fastened to the tongues, is then passed between the guard B and the buckle-plate A. By changing the position of the end of the strap held by the projecting point x of the plate D the strap may be lengthened or shortened, as desired.

What I claim is- 1. In a buckle, the combination of plate A and tongues a a with a squared bar, 0, adapted to turn with the tongues and with the spring (I, the free end of which bears upon the square surfaces n or m of the bar a, thevt-ongues a being pivoted to lower side and embracing edge of plate A, substantially as specified.

2. In a buckle, the combination of plate A and tongues a a, embracing rod 12, with a squared bar, a, that connects the tongues, and with spring d,attached at one end to plate A, and bearing upon the square surfaces a or m of bar a, substantially as specified.

SIMON SGHEUER.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, F. v. BRIESEN. 

